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Built on modern open source technology, the KDevelop IDE offers a seamless development environment to programmers that work on projects of any size. It helps you get the job done while staying out of your way.

At the core of KDevelop lies the combination of an advanced editor with semantic code analysis, which delivers an enriched programming experience thanks to a deep understanding of your project. Additionally, KDevelop offers different workflows to assist the coder during the development process. It helps improve the code's quality, verify its functionality and then deploy it anywhere.

Free of Charge, Open Source

KDevelop is available free of charge and is licensed under the GNU GPL.
We are a proud member of the KDE Community.

Extensible, Cross-Platform

KDevelop is a feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and many other programming languages. Supported platforms include Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, macOS and other Unix flavors as well as Microsoft Windows. It is based on KDevelop Platform (kdevplatform), the KDE Frameworks and the Qt libraries. It is under development since 1998.

KDevelop Quick Open for locating function declarations + definitions (showing off the search capabilities using abbreviations as search patterns)Screenshot

KDevelop Quick Open for locating function declarations + definitions (showing off the search capabilities using abbreviations as search patterns)Screenshot

KDevelop showing a code navigation widget including documentation (can be fetched either from source code or from external documentation providers (e.g. man pages, QtHelp files or similar infrastructure)Screenshot

KDevelop showing a code navigation widgetScreenshot

KDevelop showing a code navigation widget, this time for Python filesScreenshot